Washington, DC - Today,
the United States House of Representatives passed
H.R. 2419, the FY'06 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations bill that funds the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, the Department of Interior, including
the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy
and several independent Agencies. Included in the
bill is $650,000 for the
Long Beach Reclaimed Water Expansion Project and $1,250,000 for the
Long Beach
Seawater Desalination Project.
The FY'06 Energy and Water Development
Appropriations Bill provides a total of $29.7
billion in budget authority for the Federal Agencies
it funds. The bill is $131.7 million below FY'05
funding levels and the same as the President's
budget request.
The Long Beach Water Department is an urban southern
California water supply agency and the standard in
water conservation and environmental stewardship. For more information visit us at
www.lbwater.org.
